The Cubango found thirteen castaways from the Breedijk
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Cubango (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5,727 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação  Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany  (1903) The Portuguese steamer Cubango was returning to Lisbon when – on September 21, 1942 – the crew spotted a lifeboat with 13 castaways from … Read more

Fifteen castaways from Trevilley found by Cubango
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Cubango (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5,727 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação  Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany  (1903) In the late afternoon of October 5, 1942, the Portuguese steamer Cubango entered the port of Lisbon bringing 28 crew-members from two … Read more

Teodoro, Francisco
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    Ship – Stureborg (Sweden) Birth place – Lisboa Birth date –  Death date – Father –  Mother –  Francisco Teodoro died aboard the Swedish neutral freighter Stureborg, traveling under the flag of the International Red Cross, when – on 14 … Read more

PB4Y-1 (BuN 63931) crashed in the sea near Faro
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Date Location Force Aircraft   From-To   Crew 30-11-1943 Faro (no mar) USNAVY        VB-112 Consolidated PB4Y-1 (B-24 J) Liberator     BuN 63931   Port Lyuatey  (Marroco) → Port Lyuatey (Marroco)   Lt             Richard Trum              … Read more

Rodrigues, Edwin Theodore
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  Private Royal Rifles of Canada Unit – 1° Battalion, D Company Birth place – Saint Kitts Birth date –  08/ 09/1914 Death date – 29/ 06/2001 Father – Emanuel Rodrigues Sr Mother – Constance Jane Mcnamara Edwin Rodrigues was a soldier in the “Royal Rifles … Read more

The Pedro Nunes found survivors from the Clan Macwhirter
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NRP Pedro Nunes (Portugal) Captain: Capitão-de-Fragata Artur Paulo Correia Monteiro Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1217 Gt Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisbon Built: Navy Arsenal , Lisbon (1935) On the morning of August 31, 1942, when the Portuguese Navy Sloop Pedro Nunes was … Read more

Laurel, Leslie Luciano
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  Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Coprs Unit – N°1 Malaya Field Ambulance Birth place – Hong Kong Birth date –  23/ 03/1918 Death date – 22/ 03/1989 Father – Felix Cypriano Laurel Mother – Eliza Guimaria Brown Leslie Luciano Laurel was a corporal in the British … Read more

Medon castaways found by Luso
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Luso (Portugal) Captain: Type: Cargo Steamer Tonnage: 6207 Gt Owner: Sociedade Geral de Comércio, Indústria e Transportes Lda. Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany (1912) On September 13, 1942, at 10:17 pm, the Portuguese steamer Luso picked up a rescueboat carrying the officers-chief and … Read more

Danenberg, Roy Humberto
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  Corporal Hong Kong Volunteers Defence Corps Unidade –  Birth place – China Birth date –  25/ 02/1911 Death date – 07/ 01/1994 Father – Fernando Carlos Francisco de Paula Danenberg Mother – Beatriz Maria Nolasco Silva Netto Roy Danenberg was a volunteer corporal in the … Read more

Campos, Leonardo dos Reis
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  Private Hong Kong Volunteers Defence Corps Unit –  5ª Comp. HKVDC Birth place – Hong Kong Birth date –  30/ 04/1914 Death date – 11/ 03/1976 Father – Henrique Maria dos Reis de Campos Mother – Edalina Augusta Lydia Lawrence Campos Leonardo Campos was a volunteer … Read more